New Jersey's 9th congressional district

New Jersey's 9th congressional district is represented in Congress by Democrat Bill Pascrell, who resides in Paterson. Congressman Pascrell was first elected in 1996 from the old 8th district, defeating incumbent William J. Martini. The 9th district consists largely of municipalities in Bergen County and Passaic County.

New Jersey's 9th congressional district
District map as of 2013
Representative	Bill Pascrell D–Paterson
Distribution	100.00% urban 0.00% rural
Population (2017)	769,504
Median income	$67,624[1]
Ethnicity	62.6% white 38% Hispanic 13.2% Asian 11.7% other 9.6% black 0.1% Native American
Cook PVI	D+16[2]

History

Due to redistricting following the 2010 Census, portions of the old 9th district were shifted to the 5th district and the new 8th district, as part of a reduction in congressional districts from 13 to 12 in New Jersey. The new congressional map resulted in Pascrell's hometown of Paterson being added to the 9th district, which had been represented by Steve Rothman, a fellow Democrat who, like Pascrell, entered Congress after winning a seat in the 1996 election. In 2012, both incumbents ran for their party's nomination for the seat in the June primary, which Pascrell won. Later that year, Pascrell defeated Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, the Republican nominee, in the general election.

Counties and municipalities in the district

For the 113th and successive Congresses (based on redistricting following the 2010 Census), the district contains all or portions of three counties and 35 municipalities:[3]

Bergen County (27):

Carlstadt, Cliffside Park, Cresskill, East Rutherford, Edgewater, Elmwood Park, Englewood, Englewood Cliffs, Fort Lee, Garfield, Hasbrouck Heights, Leonia, Little Ferry, Lyndhurst, Moonachie, North Arlington, Palisades Park, Ridgefield, Ridgefield Park, Rutherford, Saddle Brook, South Hackensack, Teaneck (part, also 5th), Tenafly, Teterboro, Wallington and Wood-Ridge

Hudson County (2):

Kearny (part, also 8th), Secaucus

Passaic County (6):

Clifton, Haledon, Hawthorne, Passaic, Paterson and Prospect Park

Voting

Election results from presidential races
Year	Office	Results
2016	President	Clinton 64 - 33%
2012	President	Obama 68 - 31%
2008	President	Obama 61 - 38%
2004	President	Kerry 59 - 41%
2000	President	Gore 63 - 34%

List of members representing the district

Member (District Home)	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	Counties/Towns
District created March 4, 1903
Allan Benny ([data unknown/missing])	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1905	58th	[data unknown/missing]	Hudson County (except parts of Jersey City)
Marshall Van Winkle ([data unknown/missing])	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1907	59th	[data unknown/missing]
Eugene W. Leake ([data unknown/missing])	Democratic	March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1909	60th	[data unknown/missing]
Eugene F. Kinkead ([data unknown/missing])	Democratic	March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1913	61st 62nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 8th district.
Walter I. McCoy ([data unknown/missing])	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – October 3, 1914	63rd	Redistricted from the 8th district. resigned on appointment as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia	Parts of Essex (East Orange, Orange, and parts of South Orange and Newark)
Vacant		October 3, 1914 – December 1, 1914
Richard W. Parker ([data unknown/missing])	Republican	December 1, 1914 – March 3, 1919	63rd 64th 65th	[data unknown/missing]
Daniel F. Minahan ([data unknown/missing])	Democratic	March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1921	66th	[data unknown/missing]
Richard W. Parker ([data unknown/missing])	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923	67th	[data unknown/missing]
Daniel F. Minahan ([data unknown/missing])	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1925	68th	[data unknown/missing]
Franklin William Fort ([data unknown/missing])	Republican	March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1931	69th 70th 71st	[data unknown/missing]
Peter Angelo Cavicchia ([data unknown/missing])	Republican	March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933	72nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 11th district.
Edward Aloysius Kenney (Cliffside Park)	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – January 27, 1938	73rd 74th 75th	[data unknown/missing] Died.	Parts of Bergen and Hudson (North Bergen)
Vacant		January 27, 1938 – January 3, 1939	75th
Frank C. Osmers Jr. (Haworth)	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1943	76th 77th	[data unknown/missing]
Harry Lancaster Towe ([data unknown/missing])	Republican	January 3, 1943 – September 7, 1951	78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd	[data unknown/missing] Resigned to become Assistant Attorney General of New Jersey for Bergen County
Vacant		September 7, 1951 – November 6, 1951	82nd
Frank C. Osmers Jr. (Haworth)	Republican	November 6, 1951 – January 3, 1965	82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th	[data unknown/missing]
Henry Helstoski (East Rutherford)	Democratic	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1977	89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th	[data unknown/missing]	[data unknown/missing]
					1967–1969 southern Bergen (Bogota, Carlstadt, Cliffside Park, East Rutherford, Fairview, Fort Lee, Garfield, Hackensack, Hasbrouck Heights, Leonia, Little Ferry, Lodi, Lyndhurst, Maywood, Moonachie, North Arlington, Palisades Park, Saddle Brook, South Hackensack, Ridgefield, Ridgefield Park, Rochelle Park, Rutherford, Teaneck, Teterboro, Wallington, Wood-Ridge)
					1969–1971 eastern Bergen
					1971–1973 [data unknown/missing]
					1973–1977 Eastern Bergen and parts of Hudson
Harold C. Hollenbeck (East Rutherford)	Republican	January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1983	95th 96th 97th	[data unknown/missing]
Robert Torricelli (New Milford)	Democratic	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1997	98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th	[data unknown/missing] Retired to run for U.S. senator.	1983–1985 eastern Bergen
					1985–1993 Parts of Bergen and Hudson
					1993–1997 Parts of Bergen and Hudson
Steve Rothman (Englewood)	Democratic	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2003	105th 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th	[data unknown/missing] Lost renomination.
					2003–2013 Parts of Bergen, Hudson (parts of Jersey City, Kearney, North Bergen and Secaucus) and Passaic (Hawthorne)
Bill Pascrell (Paterson)	Democratic	January 3, 2013 – Present	113th 114th 115th 116th	Redistricted from the 8th district. [data unknown/missing]	2013–present Parts of Bergen, Hudson (Secaucus and parts of Kearny), and Passaic (Clifton, Haledon, Hawthorne, Passaic, Paterson and Prospect Park)

References

1. https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=34&cd=09
2. "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
3. Plan Components Report, New Jersey Redistricting Commission, December 23, 2011. Accessed November 6, 2016.

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

External links

• New Jersey's 9th Congressional District at GovTrack.us